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Must ask my contact in the Carolinas, who is forever finding stuff in thrift stores, to keep an eye out for this one.

Anyone got: Lloyd Nolan - I Don't Know About You; Rotations - D9; Invitations - Watch Out Little Girl; Danny Owens - Little Too Late. Condition: VG or above but will consider less if playable! Thanks.

Yep, they seemed to sort out the ID question! Final prices: Little Richie - £1242 Joyce Bond - £178 Richard Temple - £373 Marion Stewart - £263 Erroll Dixon - £187 Tempests - £250 Main Change - £451 Art Wheeler and the Revels - £113 Troy Dodds - £800 Jesse Fisher - £182 Major Harris - £507 Michael & Raymond - £160 Roy Handy - £122 Sam & Kitty - £312 Mary Love - £517 Ann Heywood - £210 Still too much for Little Richie though...

Top bid removed. According to JM: 'PLEASE NOTE we have removed the leading bid as we are unable to confirm the bidders identity. e.g. Telephone # not in service. The bid reverts to the leading before (***** @jbem*.***) bid.. if this person is real, please contact John on 01664 464991 to have your bid reinstated. As you have no bidding history with us, and your phone is not in service, the integrity of this auction is paramount. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.' Oh, the intrigue!

There are masses of them and not just the Northern scene, the 50s Rocking scene is awash with mugs buying these things.

I seem to recall when we put on nights in church halls in the 1980s that we could get a pub landlord or licensee to set up a portable bar which they could do as they had a travelling license or suchlike.

Great to hear that such performers are still out there and still making music.

Just looked at the auction on JM's and...£1714 for Little Richie with a week to go! Amazed to see the prices are still going mad on Manship's. Really, who is willing to pay this much?

A typical thrifty, sensible 'Spießer Mädchen'. She had problems getting her head around my British subculture lifestyle then. Apart from records, she was mystified as to why I would choose to own a customised Lambretta rather than a car; had a more obsessive interest in clothes than her and she even told her parents that I was an alcoholic because I would drink 4 or 5 pints when we went out at the weekend. But she came to love RnB and soul music although not on vinyl. We're still good friends and she married a thrifty, sensible guy whose favourite group is the...Bay City Rollers! Oh dear...

I had a German girlfriend who actually wanted me to go to a doctor because of my irrational addiction to vinyl. No kidding! Most paid for a 45? £1000. She may have had a point...

Thing is somebody probably would buy them, but not for £1500!

I saw a documentary where Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley were discussing the fact that they got half a cent per record sale and they had to sell two records to make one cent!

Just finished the Memphis 68 book. Compared to the superb Detroit volume, it had a few errors in it and was a less continuous narrative than the previous book (more a series of related essays) but overall still well worth reading.

Wasn't someone selling bricks from Wigan Casino on here a while back?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!

A handy guide to deadwax info... https://www.anorakscorner.com/PressingPlantInfo.html

The great Garnet Mimms.

I have sent you a PM.

All play fine! Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City - Top Rank - VG+ - £20 Impressions - Woman's Got Soul - HMV red/white demo - £30 SOLD Dean Parrish - Tell Her - Stateside - VG+ - £30 SOLD Velvelettes - Needle In a Haystack - Stateside - VG - £25 SOLD Miracles - Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying - Stateside (label damage) - VG+ - £30 SOLD Stevie Wonder - Hey Harmonica Man - Stateside - VG+ - £20 SOLD James Carr - Dark End of The Street - Stateside - VG+ - £20 SOLD Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone - Tamla Motown - VG - £30 SOLD Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long/Respect - Atlantic yellow demo (N/C) - VG+ - £20 SOLD Wilson Pickett - Midnight Hour - Atlantic yellow demo (label damage) - VG - £20 SOLD Doris Troy - What'cha Gonna Do About It - Black Atlantic - VG+ - £15 RB Greaves - Take a Letter Maria - Red Atlantic tri - VG+ - £10 SOLD Robert Parker - Barefootin'/Let's Go Baby - Island - VG+ - £20 American Poets - She Blew a Good Thing - London - VG - £50 SOLD Miracles - Shop Around - London - VG - £30 Fats Domino - It Keeps Raining - London - G (plays OK) - £10 SOLD Tommy Tucker - Long Tall Shorty - PYE - VG+ - £15 Lowell Fulsom - Talking Woman - Sue - VG+ - £30 SOLD Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together - Sue - VG - £20 Megatons - Shimmy Shimmy Walk - Sue - EX - £75 SOLD Harold Better - Do Anything You Wanna - Sue - VG+ - £20 Sam and Dave - Soothe Me - Blue Stax- VG+ - £40 SOLD Jackie Ross - Jerk And Twine - Chess - VG+ - £20 SOLD Billy Stewart - Every Day I Have The Blues - Chess - VG - £10 SOLD Billy Stewart - Secret Love - Chess - VG+ - £15 SOLD Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful Dress - Chess - VG+ - £25 SOLD Roy Head - Treat Her Right - Vocalion - VG+ - £25 SOLD Temptations - Loneliness Made Me Realise... - Tamla Motown - SOLD EPs It's The Temptations - My Baby/Since I Lost My Baby/It's Growing/The Way You Do The Things You Do - Tamla Motown - VG/VG - £20 PayPal F+F preferred. BASIC POSTAGE IN THE UK - FREE! £3.70 RECORDED £8.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY OUTSIDE UK - GET IN TOUCH Thanks!

Rare - I assume - Thornton All-Nighters patch from the 1980s all-nighters held in some out of the way spot in Fife that eventually led to the legendary Glenrothes events and so on. Slightly grubby but otherwise fine. £25 to UK buyers, £30 to those abroad.

So, did you buy it?

You mean this I assume? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Junior-McCants-Try-Me-For-Your-New-Love-King-45-6106-Northern-Soul-PROMO-HEAR/302740969706?hash=item467cc498ea:g:2CoAAOSwDMNa~JQI It's at $6500 right now with 2 and a half days left. Record is in fairly bad shape with a crack and although the seller says it plays OK on his record player it might not be the case for yours or any place you play it out! Personally, it's not worth it but if you really, really want it then go for it although it's playability and therefore possible resale value are big question marks. Careful about customs if getting it sent to the UK also. If they see $6500 (or whatever the end price is) on the declaration you could get hit hard.

Depends how successful a record was I suppose. I mean demos of the Beatles 45s are very desirable even though there were quite a few made but compare that to hundreds of thousands or even millions of the issue copies. I would always prefer a demo Stateside, Tamla-Motown, HMV or whatever as they are things of beauty to my eye.

Quite common theses days what with everyone being a 'DJ' - 'Hey, can I have a go on the decks?'

But he didn't go to Dartford Grammar!